Dangerous Trend Targeting Homes

It's "lock bumping". Have you heard of it? It's a new way to break the lock on a door to get inside. Videos like this have been making their way around the internet, showing how quick and easy it is to bump a lock.

It's so fast, they had to slow it down for you to see. It's enough to scare you.

"Because of recent articles people are coming in starting to ask for bump proof locks," locksmith Don Wakeman.

Although only certain kinds of locks can be bumped,

Locksmiths at Aloha Key estimate half the homes in Hawaii have bumpable locks.

"50-60%. Because remember a lot of homes have older keys and older technology. And that lends itself to making it more easily bumpable," said Wakeman.

So how do you know if your lock is vulnerable to being bumped? You won't unless you bring it to a locksmith.

Before you start to worry, locksmiths insist it's not as easy as the videos make it look.